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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Badagry unit command says it has impounded 40 vehicles for non-compliance with the use of speed-limiting devices along the Lagos-Badagry expressway. 

 Williams Manga, the unit commander, told journalists on Wednesday, that the vehicles were intercepted between June and July.

He added that the drivers were fined and compelled to install speed-limiting devices before their vehicles were released to them.

“Between June and July, we intercepted 40 vehicles and asked their owners to install limiters before we handed the vehicles over to them,” he said.

“The enforcement of the use of speed limiters is one of the measures we are taking to check rising cases of accident on Lagos -Badagry expressway, especially between Age-Mowo and Mowo stretch of the road.

“Our personnel work from 6.00.a.m. to 6.00.p.m. daily on the expressway to carry out enforcement, and to ensure road crashes are reduced to a  minimal level.”

Manga advised motorists, especially commercial bus drivers, against exceeding the approved speed limit, noting that overspeeding is one of the major causes of accidents on the expressway.

He urged passengers to always caution their drivers while travelling on the expressway, adding zthat the corps has embarked on various sensitisation programmes on the dangers of overspeeding. 

On July 9, FRSC announced the death of fourteen persons, including a four-month-old baby, in a road accident along the Lagos-Badagry expressway.

Also in March, five persons were burnt to death in an accident on the same expressway.